Pontine hyperperfusion in sporadic hyperekplexia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1001-1004

  Vetrugno, Roberto ^a   Mascalchi, Mario ^b   Vella, Alessandra ^c   Della Nave, Riccardo ^b   Guerrini, Laura ^b   Vattimo, Angelo ^c   Del Giudice, Emanuele Miraglia ^d   Plazzi, Giuseppe ^a   D'Angelo, Roberto ^a   Greco, Giovanni ^e   Montagna, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^e Ospedale Ramazzini   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPEREKPLEXIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STARTLE REFLEX; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 34548181827     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.113837     Document Type: Article

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